The guy who should bring the lambo to the video-shoot crashed it. For the video they have borrowed one from a local collector. Later Jay Kay bought another 30se but crashed it himself. This is what i have heard.

The guy who should bring the lambo to the video-shoot crashed it. For the video they have borrowed one from a local collector. Later Jay Kay bought another 30se but crashed it himself. This is what i have heard.

Brief comment in magazine, that 2 cars were involved - much as posted already but says that after first was inadvertently written off, the second was sourced at short notice but then damaged when a camera fell on it which is why there is no windscreen in some of the footage. Jay Kay then bought it and it is now for sale at £549,000 and listed as first registered in UK in 1996.

"the actual Diablo from Jamiroquai's "Cosmic Girl" video ...... The Diablo SE30 is one of the rarest Lamborghinis ..... 150 built, only 16 were RHD, The last of the "proper" Lambos before the 6.0 cars which had Audi build and influence. Built to celebrate 30 years of building road cars, the styling of the SE30 referenced the company's older cars. Differences from the regular Diablo included a deep front spoiler with supplementary driving lights, twin-duct side intakes, an engine cover mimicking the one on the Miura, and ultra-light magnesium wheels. While most of the body remained in aluminium, these new pieces were constructed in carbon fibre. The side windows were a copy from the original Countach windows, with just a small piece that moved. Also the engine was gold plated. The 5.7 V12 gained a free flowing exhaust, modified cylinder head and magnesium castings, giving 525 bhp and a 207 mph top speed. The interior featured new sports seats with carbon fibre back, lashings of carbon fibre to the dash and tunnel, all trimmed in soft suede.

Finished in Viola Metallic with full Blu suede interior, this is fully original throughout and is badged number 142 of 150 built. We sold this car in 1999 to Jay Kay after his SE30 was destroyed in a crash. He later sold it back to us and we have re-sold it three times since so We have known the car all its life."

"The car was shipped from the US to the UK for recording his video for 'Cosmic Girl', but during the offloading the guy who drove it asked Jay if he could drive it a few miles, during his little 'spin' he lost control and crashed it. This car was assessed by Automobili Lamborghini SpA for repair but the insurance insisted it could not be registered for the road again, even after Lamborghini spent 4 days figuring out how much it would cost to restore it. Today it is located at Cleave Motor Salvage in Gloucester, UK, listed as a category B write-off. This means they can't sell the entire car but only parts of it, during mid-2004 the engine was offered for sale." - http://www.lambocars.com/archive/crashed/se.htm with some pics.